USMC 105225: Rocket Launcher Demonstration

Description: Item Description Title USMC 105225: Rocket Launcher Demonstration Citation information USMC 105225: Rocket Launcher Demonstration. (R-1-1; 57-0319.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. USMC History Division inventory no 15/2033 Marine Corps Library Number 3232-16 Additional identifiers R-1-1; 57-0319 MIRC inventory no. USMC 105225 Decade 1950 Description Marines in a field fire an XM70 rocket launcher (115mm) multiple times in succession. A CH34 helicopter deposits a Howitzer at an airstrip, then picks it back up. Another group of Marines in a field unload and prepare an XM70 from a jeep, then fire it. Location(s) Unknown Producing entity United States Marine Corps (Production unit) Genre Documentary Film date (note) Helicopter tail code is XM (Wikipedia says they were reassigned as MX-1 in 1958, so likely filmed 1957 or earlier. Item collection United States Marine Corps Film Repository Original color Color Original audio Silent Original gauge Film: 16mm Original generation Reversal: Positive Original physical length 90 Original aspect ratio 1.37:1 (Academy) Original media type Motion pictures (visual works) Language English Contributing organization University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections Digital collection name United States Marine Corps Films Rights information Public domain. Digital media type Moving Image Date digital file created 06/30/2022 Digitization information High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k Digital runtime 2:10 Digital file type video/H264